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do you think the idea is a good one that batman's gotten too dark and serious that he needs to lighten up before it's too late?

A worldwide organization of batmen...
¿Stroke of brilliance or totally insane?

Where is Batwoman better? In or out?

I want opinions! And don't forget to mention if you are a Batwoman fan, or a Batman fan, or both.

I thought the Joker lost his face, so what is he doing with it back in Batman The Dark Knight?

Or do you think that is part of the mystery of what is going on?

Also I love the mini guest stars in this. BoP! Guess it takes place before Ivy lol.

In the same style as GCPD or Gotham Central, would you buy a cop book in Gotham City? Is it time for another series, or should we let the concept stay dead right now?

Should it include Renee as Question, or working as a cop again?

To answer my own questions, yes I'd love to see a cop book, more in Gotham Central style than the GCPD mini's, and no, I'd keep Renee separate. Gordon, Maggie, Bullock, Hardback, etc are all fine though, if they happen to be still around.

I never read it. Read batman yr one, robin yr one, but never batgirl. Is it worth it?:redface:

http://comics.ign.com/articles/624/624619p1.html

So... I can't really tell what's changed. There's no Scott Snyder and no 21st century Grant Morrison (though bizarrely Arkham Asylum and Gothic are on the list, and high up there). So... what was the point of updating this six years later if they didn't want to include any books published in the last six years?

I'm digging for collective opinions and Amazon.com-transcending knowledge, again...

Couple of questions-- my primary goal is to find stuff that is a) well-written and b) Batman-family-centric stuff. Most of the titles I've been drawn to I've only discovered because of single panels and scans posted by fans.

I've already asked about Nightwing (it might not be the Best Thing Ever, but I'm totally enjoying Dixon's run)-- but now I'm looking for Robin stuff, Red Robin stuff, any worthwhile crossover-type stuff, where to start with Batgirl, and in general what trades are best and what issues that aren't collected are still worth tracking down.

1) I know Gail Simone's run on Birds of Prey is pretty highly regarded. What about the rest of it? Is her first and second run worth picking up? (frankly, I'm interested in any Dick+Babs stuff, as I haven't really read any in-continuity)

2) I've seen a few Robin trades, but I don't know if they are all equally worth reading-- even if I've so far been a fan of all of Dixon's stuff.

3) I also have no idea how to judge/how much stuff like Robin/Batgirl, or Batman/Nightwing: Bloodborne is floating around.

4) I'm not hugely interested in Batgirl, outside of the tidy Year One trade, and I've only heard outrage over the fate and retcon'd fate of Steph Brown-- but if there are any good story arcs that feature Robins past or present, I'd enjoy that. I also know nothing outside of wiki-summary and Gates of Gotham about Cass.

5) Are there any post-Morrison, pre-reboot Dick-as-Batman stories that are worth reading? (Not counting anything Synder. Because I've read Black Mirror and Gates twice apiece by now, and they were royally awesome.)

Qualifier: I'm not exactly excited by the idea of backtracking through any of the Crisis events... I know Dick was supposed to kick the bucket at one point and didn't, I know some people like and some people HATE Identity Crisis (from what I've seen, I'd fall into the hating category) and I've already got to read Final Crisis to flesh out my Morrison knowledge. So any stories tied explicitly into those plots, unless they are great by themselves, I'd rather avoid...

....and War Games always looked kinda like an awful mess of awful, to me. What about stuff like Outsiders and Gotham Knights? I also already have some of Wolfman's New Teen Titans stuff, but were there any modern get-togetherings of that group ...that would be good reading? As opposed to featuring in some really, really cringey storyline?